tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5543195171933661664.post1531492100063892975..comments2023-11-05T06:37:16.480-05:00Comments on Nilbog's Storybook Land: Can of MaceThe Nilboghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03902509798047158212noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5543195171933661664.post-42447461311400352872013-12-10T06:20:53.370-05:002013-12-10T06:20:53.370-05:00Thanks! I'm glad they're a success.Thanks! I'm glad they're a success.The Nilboghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03902509798047158212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5543195171933661664.post-40258767034856717282013-12-10T06:20:10.772-05:002013-12-10T06:20:10.772-05:00I completely agree.I completely agree.The Nilboghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03902509798047158212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5543195171933661664.post-3146162013449591192013-12-09T23:10:39.064-05:002013-12-09T23:10:39.064-05:00By the way, I LOVE your pictures and captions Nilb...By the way, I LOVE your pictures and captions Nilbog! They never fail to make me smile. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5543195171933661664.post-43226115322864148202013-12-09T22:57:50.689-05:002013-12-09T22:57:50.689-05:00I sort of have mixed feelings about Mace Windu, on...I sort of have mixed feelings about Mace Windu, on one hand I can't dislike him because hey...he's Sam Jackson! And I love Sam Jackson, he's one of my favorite actors, so I have a soft spot for Mace mainly because of my love for the actor. <br /><br />But on the other hand I have to agree with you that as a character Mace can come off as rather cold, but I think that might have been intentional on George's part.<br /><br />I mean honestly ALL of the Jedi Council including Yoda come off as rather cold and disproving to poor Anakin who in TPM especially...was just a little boy that had been separated from his family (his mother) and his friends. I always want to take poor little Ani into my arms when I see how stern they are with him the first time they meet him. <br /><br />And one gets the feeling that it doesn't end after Anakin becomes a Padawan, you get the sense, or at least I do, that Anakin just can't please the Jedi Masters no matter what he does. I also think that's why Anakin began to turn more and more to Palpatine because he was the only person showing the poor kid any warmth and encouragement. <br /><br />Of course we all know sneaky old Palps was just using Anakins need for love as a means of manipulation, but had Mace and the Council been more warm and welcoming to Anakin, Palpatine might not have been able to sink his claws into him. <br /><br />People often point the finger at Obi-Wan for Anakins downfall but I feel that Mace, Yoda, and every other Jedi Master on that Council is equally to blame in a way. <br /><br />They are too closed off from their emotions, everything is so formal, strict, and lacking in warmth that it's no surprise Anakin who was considered to be 'too old' to be brainwashed into cutting off his human emotions started turning elseware (Palpatine, Padme) for the love that any normal human being would need and want. <br /><br />And that of course led him to being manipulated into going down a path of evil.<br />This problem that resulted in the rise of Vader and the fall of the Jedi Order itself is something that Luke corrected. <br /><br />After all what saved the Galaxy in the end?<br /><br />The love of a son for his father and a father for his son...or emotional attachment, the very thing the Jedi reject. <br /><br />And I hope whatever Jedi Order Luke builds is a much warmer, more welcoming, and open minded Order, then the old one. <br /><br />So yeah Mace can come across as a rather cold character, a good guy maybe...but not one you feel you could hang out and have a drink with...but I think that was intentional on George's part...both Mace and Yoda represent the 'old' Jedi Order and what went wrong with it. <br /><br />Yoda learns and changes, he becomes a more warmer character by the time we get to ESB, I get the feeling having his ego smashed by Palpatine actually helped him grow for the better into a more open minded person (even though he still wanted Luke to kill his father). Mace never got the chance, he was killed for his own closed mindedness.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com